The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-09-02
Farm Gleanings.

DeRstS Win small CnebCS 10 nOt Iat-
ten readily and are very susceptible to
disease.
The color of pure Devon cattle is
red, varying from a rich dark to a
| chestnut.
The successful establishment of
creameries and cheese factories in Mis-
sissippi and other Southern States has
given new impetus to dairy interests
in the South.
Rotation in crops is the surest and
safest plan in farming, and when one
or two years of pasture shall be in
cluded in the rotation the benefits will
be still greater.
The annual honey crop is about 100,-
100000 pounds, and its value is prob
ably about $1O,OOO,OOO. This would
give for the annual value of the pro-
duc.ion of honey and beeswax about
&c., 100000.
Cleanliness and condition will not
prevent swine plague when animals are
exposed to it, but it will decrease the
risk of disease. The sanitary condi-
tion of animals needs looking after just
as much as it does for people to pre-
serve health.
While horned cattle are always pro-
fitable to raise, flock of sheep is equal
ly or more profitable. Both cattle and
sheep have place on the farm, and
that is the best farm, and the owner is
the best farmer, where both animals are
found side by side.
The more important point in making
pigs profitable is to make them useful.
To limited extent this is done by max
ing the pig scavenger for the remov-
al of refuse that would otherwise be-
come even more offensive than when it
passes through the pig.
Men say the seasons have changed,
that we have more frequent aud more
sue droughts than we had forty years
ago. Yes, to be sure. But we have
about three feet of rainfall annually
and are too stupid to save it as we
might, and save our crops as we'll.
For growing cucumbers, squashes or
similar plants put sawdust or rotten
wood about them. Those who have
never tried cucumbers on strong bushy
stakes like pea sticks will he surprised
to note how they enjoy it. Tomatoes
do better trained to stout sticks thar
any other way.
Meadows that have ceased TO give
good crops may be renewed cheaply by
turning the sod soon after cutting,
then harrow thoroughly at intervals Of
fortnight, and before the autumn
rains reseed with timothy and such
other varieties of grass as may be suit
ed to soil and situation.
All kinds of honey plants are not
favorable to all locations the Eastwood
will not grow where it is wet and
marshy. In such places willow, gold
en- rod and Spanish-needles grow abun-
dainty, and in such localities bees may
have very little surplus in the early
part of the season, while in
autumn they will have every cell filled
with the most delicious honey.
The famous COW Electa, for which
her owner, A. J. Cowan, of Venango
county, Pa, once refused $4,000,
was sold by him to an Oil City butcher
the other day for $50, she having been
ruined by overlooking. Although
this COW stood at the head of all milk
producers in this country few years
ago, her pedigree was never known.
She came to Cowan's family as an
estray.
The expensive tools necessary to
successful farming soon wear out un-
less well taken care of. A little
thoughtful care in housing tools when
not in use will result in many dollars
saved. During the season of use,
when housing is hardly practicable,
whenever work ceases for day, can
vas cover to throw over self-binder
or thrashing machine will pay for its
cost many times over
An exchange remarks that a poor,
neglected flock can be brought up by
proper care and feed, and made to i'm
prove from year to year, but great
care must be exercised iu the selection
of rams. In breeding it is not neces-
sary, but it is much better than select
ing a poor, scrawny, ill-bred ram from
another strain. A long-legged, long
necked, thin-wooled buck is dear prop
erty at any price.
Wheat fed whole to laying fowls,
and wheat screenings or cracked
wheat fed to young fowls, have always
produced the most desirable results,
though it must be remembered that
they must be fed in the same quaint.
ties as corn, or preparations of corn
The tendency of wheat is to produce a
healthy growth, feed the muscular tis-
sues, and aid materially in causing the
hens to lay often and rich eggs.